{"id":9916,"date":"2022-02-14T10:05:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T10:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=9916"},"modified":"2022-02-14T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T12:00:06","slug":"oer-guest-post-a-warm-welcome-to-oer22-from-go-gn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2022\/02\/oer-guest-post-a-warm-welcome-to-oer22-from-go-gn\/","title":{"rendered":"OER Guest Post: A Warm Welcome to #OER22 from GO-GN!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest post by OER22 GO-GN team; Rob Farrow, Francisco (Paco) Iniesto, Kylie Matthews, Beck Pitt and Martin Weller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deadline for contributions to the conference has now passed and behind the scenes the Chairs, Conference Committee and ALT are beavering away to get everything ready for April.  It\u2019s an exciting time for several reasons. We are looking forward to a return to face-to-face meetings after the pandemic.  This will also be the first hybrid OER conference to include both online and in person elements. For us as conference chairs, OER22 also presents a great opportunity to introduce the work of GO-GN and our fantastic members to a wider audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We thought a good place to start would be to introduce the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN and what we are all about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About GO-GN<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Global OER Graduate Networ<\/a>k (GO-GN) is a Hewlett Foundation funded network of PhD candidates around the world whose research projects include a focus on open education (i.e. OER, OEP, MOOC). These doctoral researchers are at the core of the network; around them, over two hundred experts, supervisors, mentors and interested parties connect to form a community of practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GO-GN started in 2013 as an initiative from Prof. Fred Mulder, UNESCO Chair in OER<\/a> at the Dutch Open Universiteit, in collaboration with Prof. Rory McGreal, UNESCO \/ COL Chair in OER at Athabasca University (Canada).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GO-GN is currently funded through the OER programme of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation<\/a> and administered by the Open Education Research Hub<\/a> from the Institute of Educational Technology<\/a> at The Open University, UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GO-GN team has been based at the Institute of Educational Technology (IET), The Open University (UK) since 2018 and is led by Professor Martin Weller. The current team includes Dr. Robert Farrow, Dr. Rebecca (Beck) Pitt, Dr. Francisco (Paco) Iniesto, and Kylie Matthews. Dr. Carina Bossu leads our work on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Aims and Activities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The aims of the GO-GN are to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n